This is a map of Europe if the borders were defined by genetic similarity (shared haplogroups, SNPs and ethnic heritage) rather than cultural, linguistic and ethnic differences. I created this map by finding similarities in ethnicity-specific y-chomrosome haplogroup distributions, so much so that the different groups could not be significantly distinguished from each other, and grouping their respective places of origin together. The haplogroup data was then matched with the human migrations and historical linguistic/cultural groups that gave rise to the different genetic regions to synthesize the parenthetical descriptions.
Key (Gene Pools to Y-DNA Haplogroups)
- Uralic: N3
- Germanic: R1b, R1a and I1
- Celtic: R1b
- Italic: R1b and E3b
- Paleobalkan: R1b, R1a, E3b and J2
- Slavic: R1a and I2
- Aryan: R1a and R2
- Pre-Aryan: I2
- Caucasian: J2 and G2
- Crescentic: J2 and E3b
- Semitic: J1 and E3b
- Turkic: C3 and Q2
Key (Y-DNA Haplogroup Meanings)
- C3: Out-of-Africa Remnants (Usually found in West Neosiberians)
- E3b: Nilotes
- G2: Anatolian Hunter-Gatherers/Farmers
- I1: Northwest European Hunter-Gatherers
- I2: Southwest European Hunter-Gatherers
- J1: South Caucasian Hunter-Gatherers
- J2: North Caucasian Hunter-Gatherers
- N3: West Neosiberian Remnants (Usually found in Uralians)
- R1b: Northeast European Hunter-Gatherers/Pastoralists
- R1a: East European Hunter-Gatherers/Pastoralists
- R2: Southeast European Hunter-Gatherers/Pastoralists
- Q2: West Paleosiberians